At our 50th Anniversary Celebration and Groundbreaking Ceremony on April 19, we announced our new name – Westchester Community Health Center! Over the next several months, all our health center locations will be transitioning to Westchester Community Health Center (WCHC) to better reflect the broader geographic area we serve. WCHC Board of Directors along with…
At our April 19 50th Anniversary Celebration and Groundbreaking Ceremony, the Board of Directors was on hand along with dignitaries from the Mount Vernon, Greenburgh, and Yonkers communities, Westchester County, and New York State, and other guests to mark the beginning of the $12 million renovation of our Mount Vernon location. Built in 1980, the…
On March 30, representatives from the Kroll Black Employee Network, an employee-led initiative supported by the Kroll Charitable Foundation, visited Mount Vernon to present items and funds they had collected from the Kroll NYC Community as part of their 2nd Annual Black History Month Drive benefiting WCHC and Mocha Moms. The collected much-needed supplies will…
We are proud to have our CEO Judith Watson featured among the noble black women of distinction in Westchester County, New York, in AJ Woodson’s new book Black Westchester Celebrates Black Women of Westchester. On this Black History Month, thank you, AJ Woodson, for celebrating African American women’s achievements in Westchester and black women’s beauty,…
On Saturday, October 29, Mount Vernon Neighborhood Health Center was the first stop on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services nationwide #VAXUPAMERICA Family Vaccine Tour. Almost 200 people showed up at Mount Vernon’s Fall Health Fair & Vax Clinic event to be vaccinated.
On October 26, Greenburgh Health Center hosted a Get Out the Vax event at its Fall Health Fair. Speakers, including Dr. Dara Kass, Region 2 Director for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and Dr. Markos Asamenew, Chief Medical Officer at Mount Vernon Neighborhood Health Center, spoke on the role of vaccines in…